This is simple table to compare between RFID and Barcode system but in reality, it is not so straight forward when make a decision to embark into RFID project.
It even involve human psychology and more than dollars and cents, as there are fear and reservations from team members involve:-
Fear of losing their job due to RFID technology and
Reservation due to human are creature of habits and changing from a barcode environment to RFID may need to change users' habit.
RFID is short for Radio Frequency IDentificaton.
RFID is able to do what barcode is currently able to do, and more. Firstly, RFID system does not require line of sight to achieve the reading of information and is able to penetrate through most common materials such as paper and plastic. However, it may have limitation on reading through metal and liquid.
In addition, RFID allows serialization with allocation of unique serial number being assigned to every item. RFID also is superior compared to barcode system when it comes to speed and memory size. As such, RFID is able to read at a faster communication speed on the go and able to store data in the tag.
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